Improvement in hoes



J. M. BAiR-D.

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No. 141,30 Patentedjuly 29,1873.

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NITED STATES PATENT CFFICE. I

JAMES M. BAIRD, OF WHEELING WEST VIRGINIA, ASSIGNOR TO HIMSELF ANDRICHARD STANLEY, OF SAME PLACE.

IMPROVEMENT lN HOES.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 141,308, dated July 29,1873 application filed November 24, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES M. BAIRD, of Wheeling, in the county of Ohioand State of West Virginia, have invented certain Improvements in Farmand Garden Hoes, of which the following is a description:

My invention consists in an improved article of manufacture in the formof an acuteangled socket or device for attaching hoeblades to handles,the part or arm of the same which is to be secured to and cover the endof the handle being of semi-tubular form, and provided with an innerprojection or lug, and the other part being flat, or nearly so, to adaptit to be applied to the back of the hoe-blade, to which it is secured bymeans of rivets, as hereinafter described.

Figure 1 represents my improved socket for the reception of the handleand blade of a hoe. Fig. 2 represents a hoe-blade attached to its handleby means of the socket and ring.

A is a clasping-socket of suitable size or shape for the reception ofthe handle H, and having within it a tooth-like projection, a, forretainin g the handle more securely in place. The outside is made totaper gradually from its juncture with the jointing-plate B to theextreme point K on the handle. B is thejointin g-plate for connectingthe clasping-socket A and tool or implement together, and may be made ofany size or shape, and attached atany angle desired. In some cases thisplate may be dispensed with-as, for instance, where the claspingsocket Ais cast on, or directly attached to, the tool or implement. O is atightening-ferrule, made to correspond in size and shape with the taperof the clasping-socket A and the diameter of handle II.

In the construction of a hoe, the blade M is fastened to thejointing-plate B, as shown in the drawing; the handle H is laid in placein the clasping-socketA; the tightening ferrule is then put on anddriven up toward the jointing-plate B, thus bringing the parts together,and causing the clasping-socket A to embrace firmly and retain securelythe handle in place.

I disclaim the invention of a socket of tapering and semi-tubular form,provided with an inner lug or projection; but- Having thus described myinvention, what I claim as new is As an improved article of manufacture,the acute-angled socket A, formed of a flat arm or shank havingscrew-holes, and a semi-tubular portion provided with an innerprojection, a, whereby it is adapted to be applied to cover the end of ahandle and connect it with a hoeblade in the manner specified.

JAMES M. BAIRD.

Witnesses:

F. S. Hoen, R. WV. EOFF.

